Luke 10:8

Whatever town you visit, if the people welcome you, eat what is set before you;

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In The King James Version

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

In Context

7Remain at that same house, and eat and drink whatever they offer you; for the worker is worth their wages. Do not keep changing from one house to another.

9cure the sick there, and tell people that the kingdom of God is close at hand.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:40“Anyone who welcomes you is welcoming me; and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his messenger.

Luke 10:10But, whatever town you go to visit, if the people do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say

1 Corinthians 10:27If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.

Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17

The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →

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